Amritsar train tragedy: Bollywood celebs tweet their condolences

Alia Bhatt, Swara Bhasker and other celebs express grief over the unfortunate tragedy during Dussehra celebration.

Bollywood celebrities, including Alia Bhatt, Farhan Akhtar, Anil Kapoor and Anil Kapoor, among others have expressed their grief over the Amritsar train accident.

As the train accident took place, people could not hear the noise due to the explosion from the burning firecrackers. It seems the train was a daily passenger one from Jalandhar to Amritsar. The gates of the unmanned crossing were also closed. The injured have been rushed to the hospitals of Amritsar. Around 60 people lost their lives after the train ran over people watching Dussehra celebrations near the track in Amritsar’s Choura Bazar.

Ajay Devgn was one of the first celebs to Tweet about the tragedy. He took to Twitter and wrote, "Pained to hear about the Amritsar train tragedy. Deepest condolences to the bereaved families."

Pained to hear about the Amritsar train tragedy. Deepest condolences to the bereaved families.

Shocked & saddened to hear about the Amritsar train tragedy. It seems so unfair for a horrific accident of this magnitude amidst celebrations of Dussehra. Providence has strange ways of throwing challenges at the humankind.

So disturbed to see the visuals of #AmritsarTrainincident 😭 have no words to express how sad is the whole incident. Mere negligence could cost so many lives. Wish it was not true. May God give strength to the families who lost their loved ones. Wish this was not true 😭

Absolutely shocked at hearing the news of the #trainaccident in #Amritsar. I just cannot fathom how something like this could have happened. My deepest condolences to all the families that have lost their loved ones. Love and prayers 🙏🏼

The #AmritsarTrainAccident is heartbreaking! Terrible terrible thing to have happened..This is just another example our extremely poor attitude towards caution and safety.. Prayers for all those suffering 🙏🙏🙏🙏🙏

Thoughts and prayers for the victims of the tragedy in #Amritsar and for their families.. this is SO tragic!!!! Devastating news on a festive day. 😔😔🙏🏿🙏🏿🙏🏿 #AmritsarTrainAccident Strength to and prayers for all the affected!